Fire risk reduction and water quality maintenance or improvement activities in the Buffalo Municipal Watershed area, plus aspen restoration and other forest treatments to achieve Forest Plan objectives.
Location
Buffalo Municipal Watershed, including the national forest portion outside the Cloud Peak Wilderness in the Middle and South Forks of Clear Creek
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/01/2017
2
Objection Period Start
07/28/2018
3
Decision
10/2018 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
03/2019 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Municipal Watersheds; Ira - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Chief's Approval; National Fire Plan - Other; Stewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003 |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Roadless Area Management; Scenery Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Buffalo Municipal Watershed Project | Decision Signed Date: 10/10/2018 |
| Forests | Bighorn National Forest |
| Districts | Powder River Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | centered on T50N, R84W, S26 |